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The Somme /
"In the long history of the British Army, the Battle of the Somme was its bloodiest encounter. Between 1 July and mid-November 1916, 432,000 of its soldiers became casualties -- about 3,600 for every day of battle. German casualties, it is estimated, were far fewer -- probably 230,000 -- even t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2005]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The context
- 'Absolutely astonishing': the war committee and the military
- Decision-making, January-February
- Decision-making, March-June
- 'Grasping at the shadow': planning for the Somme, February-June
- 'Favourable results are not anticipated': preparations for battle, June
- 'A short life': VII and VIII corps on 1 July
- 'The enemy's fire was so intense': X corps on 1 July
- 'Wave after wave were mown down': III corps on 1 July
- 'Cowering men in field grey': VX and XIII corps on 1 July
- Reflections on 1 July
- 'Ill-considered attacks on a small front', 2-13 July
- 'Cavalry sharpening their swords', 14 July
- 'We are a bit stuck', 15-31 July
- 'Something wanting in the methods employed', 1 August-12 September
- 'A hell of a time': Posières and Mouquet farm, July-August
- Summary, 15 July-12 September
- The politicians and the Somme campaign, July-August
- One division's Somme: the first division, July-September
- 'An operation planned on bolder lines': tanks and the 15 September plan
- Lumbering tanks: the battle of 15 September
- 25 September
- 'The tragic hill of Thiepval', 26-30 September
- 'A severe trail of body and spirit': the Somme, October
- 'We must keep going!': the politicians and the Somme campaign, September-October
- The political battle: Beaumont Hamel, 13-19 November
- Reflections on the British at the Somme
- The end of it all, November 1916.